Skip to content

Republican · Tennessee Senate, district 31

Serving since Jan 9, 2023TN 2025–26 session

Portrait of Brent Taylor, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
3.8×
the State Senate Republican rate of personal attacks

8.5% of 1,108 statements contain a personal attack (94 statements); the average for State Senate Republicans is 2.3%. Ranks 23rd of 354, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Taylor’s posts on X and marks whether it attacks a person’s character, integrity or loyalty. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among State Senate Republicans and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against State Senate Republicans. 4.9% of Taylor’s statements use an extreme label, 3.8 times the State Senate Republican average of 1.3%. Taylor reported $442.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

The measures on which Taylor sits furthest from the middle of State Senate Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Personal attacks

8.5%

State Senate Republicans average 2.3% · ranks 23rd of 354

Party unity

99.6%

Tennessee Senate average 95.3% · ranks 3rd of 33 · 15 votes against the majority of Tennessee Senate Republicans

Extreme labels

4.9%

State Senate Republicans average 1.3% · ranks 24th of 354

Attendance

100%

Tennessee Senate average 99.6% · ranks 4th of 33 · 4,555 roll calls

Itemized, 2026

$442.7K

State Senate Republicans’ median $46.2K · ranks 79th of 936

CSIP ideology

+0.46

Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.04

Peer group: State Senate Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Taylor, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Taylor is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Taylor says

Taylor attacks opponents personally more than 93% of State Senate Republicans. Personal attacks in 8.5% of 1,108 statements, against 2.3% for the average State Senate Republican; 23rd of 354.

An AI model reads each of Taylor’s 1,108 statements in the TN 2025–26 session (1,108 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State Senate Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the TN 2025–26 session

0%80%
Taylor
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion512 statements
46%
37%
114th of 354
Credit claiming346 statements
31%
15%
41st of 354
Personal attacks94 statements
8%
2%
23rd of 354
Policy criticism85 statements
8%
9%
162nd of 354
Bipartisanship26 statements
2%
2%
128th of 354
Show the data
Taylor's share of statements in each category against the State Senate Republicans average.
RowTaylorPeers
Policy discussion46%37%
Credit claiming31%15%
Personal attacks8%2%
Policy criticism8%9%
Bipartisanship2%2%
1,108

statements classified

1,108 posts on X.

posts on X: 1,108 (100.0%)posts on X 1,108
Show the data
Taylor's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,108
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Taylor; the thin grey bar is the average State Senate Republicans. A longer thick bar means Taylor does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Taylor used extreme labels in 4.9% of statements, 3.8 times the peer average. 54 statements, most often aimed at Justin Pearson; peers 1.3%.

  1. “radical”29
  2. “woke”8
  3. “communist”3
  4. “far right”2
  5. “far left”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Justin Pearson6
  2. America First Agenda3
  3. opponent3
  4. Indivisible Memphis2
  5. local governments2
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the TN 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 602025-02: 372025-03: 332025-04: 322025-05: 382025-06: 502025-07: 322025-08: 432025-09: 722025-10: 902025-11: 422025-12: 382026-01: 552026-02: 612026-03: 842026-04: 222026-05: 752026-06: 632026-07: 522026-08: 422026-09: 372026-10: 50peak 90 · Oct ’25Personal attackspeak 24.3% · Feb ’25 · latest 14.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 21.7% of 60Personal attacks, 2025-02: 24.3% of 37Personal attacks, 2025-03: 12.1% of 33Personal attacks, 2025-04: 9.4% of 32Personal attacks, 2025-05: 10.5% of 38Personal attacks, 2025-06: 8.0% of 50Personal attacks, 2025-07: 3.1% of 32Personal attacks, 2025-08: 4.7% of 43Personal attacks, 2025-09: 2.8% of 72Personal attacks, 2025-10: 8.9% of 90Personal attacks, 2025-11: 19.1% of 42Personal attacks, 2025-12: 7.9% of 38Personal attacks, 2026-01: 9.1% of 55Personal attacks, 2026-02: 6.6% of 61Personal attacks, 2026-03: 7.1% of 84Personal attacks, 2026-04: 4.5% of 22Personal attacks, 2026-05: 5.3% of 75Personal attacks, 2026-06: 4.8% of 63Personal attacks, 2026-07: 1.9% of 52Personal attacks, 2026-08: 2.4% of 42Personal attacks, 2026-09: 2.7% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-10: 14.0% of 50Policy criticismpeak 26.7% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 26.7% of 60Policy criticism, 2025-02: 8.1% of 37Policy criticism, 2025-03: 6.1% of 33Policy criticism, 2025-04: 9.4% of 32Policy criticism, 2025-05: 7.9% of 38Policy criticism, 2025-06: 0.0% of 50Policy criticism, 2025-07: 9.4% of 32Policy criticism, 2025-08: 7.0% of 43Policy criticism, 2025-09: 15.3% of 72Policy criticism, 2025-10: 11.1% of 90Policy criticism, 2025-11: 9.5% of 42Policy criticism, 2025-12: 10.5% of 38Policy criticism, 2026-01: 3.6% of 55Policy criticism, 2026-02: 11.5% of 61Policy criticism, 2026-03: 8.3% of 84Policy criticism, 2026-04: 4.5% of 22Policy criticism, 2026-05: 0.0% of 75Policy criticism, 2026-06: 4.8% of 63Policy criticism, 2026-07: 0.0% of 52Policy criticism, 2026-08: 2.4% of 42Policy criticism, 2026-09: 5.4% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-10: 0.0% of 50Policy discussionpeak 75.0% · Jul ’25 · latest 46.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 33.3% of 60Policy discussion, 2025-02: 37.8% of 37Policy discussion, 2025-03: 42.4% of 33Policy discussion, 2025-04: 56.3% of 32Policy discussion, 2025-05: 55.3% of 38Policy discussion, 2025-06: 48.0% of 50Policy discussion, 2025-07: 75.0% of 32Policy discussion, 2025-08: 53.5% of 43Policy discussion, 2025-09: 44.4% of 72Policy discussion, 2025-10: 50.0% of 90Policy discussion, 2025-11: 42.9% of 42Policy discussion, 2025-12: 63.2% of 38Policy discussion, 2026-01: 67.3% of 55Policy discussion, 2026-02: 49.2% of 61Policy discussion, 2026-03: 42.9% of 84Policy discussion, 2026-04: 36.4% of 22Policy discussion, 2026-05: 17.3% of 75Policy discussion, 2026-06: 36.5% of 63Policy discussion, 2026-07: 53.8% of 52Policy discussion, 2026-08: 52.4% of 42Policy discussion, 2026-09: 40.5% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-10: 46.0% of 50Bipartisanshippeak 13.6% · Apr ’26 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 60Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 37Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.0% of 33Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 3.1% of 32Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 2.6% of 38Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 6.0% of 50Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 6.3% of 32Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 4.7% of 43Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 2.8% of 72Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 1.1% of 90Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 0.0% of 42Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 5.3% of 38Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 55Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 6.6% of 61Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 5.9% of 84Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 13.6% of 22Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 75Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 0.0% of 63Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 0.0% of 52Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 42Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 50Credit claimingpeak 50.0% · Dec ’25 · latest 4.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 10.0% of 60Credit claiming, 2025-02: 29.7% of 37Credit claiming, 2025-03: 21.2% of 33Credit claiming, 2025-04: 25.0% of 32Credit claiming, 2025-05: 44.7% of 38Credit claiming, 2025-06: 46.0% of 50Credit claiming, 2025-07: 43.8% of 32Credit claiming, 2025-08: 41.9% of 43Credit claiming, 2025-09: 30.6% of 72Credit claiming, 2025-10: 33.3% of 90Credit claiming, 2025-11: 33.3% of 42Credit claiming, 2025-12: 50.0% of 38Credit claiming, 2026-01: 23.6% of 55Credit claiming, 2026-02: 37.7% of 61Credit claiming, 2026-03: 46.4% of 84Credit claiming, 2026-04: 50.0% of 22Credit claiming, 2026-05: 36.0% of 75Credit claiming, 2026-06: 41.3% of 63Credit claiming, 2026-07: 19.2% of 52Credit claiming, 2026-08: 7.1% of 42Credit claiming, 2026-09: 8.1% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-10: 4.0% of 50Extreme labelspeak 16.0% · Jun ’25 · latest 4.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 60Extreme labels, 2025-02: 8.1% of 37Extreme labels, 2025-03: 9.1% of 33Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 32Extreme labels, 2025-05: 2.6% of 38Extreme labels, 2025-06: 16.0% of 50Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 32Extreme labels, 2025-08: 4.7% of 43Extreme labels, 2025-09: 2.8% of 72Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 90Extreme labels, 2025-11: 9.5% of 42Extreme labels, 2025-12: 2.6% of 38Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 55Extreme labels, 2026-02: 4.9% of 61Extreme labels, 2026-03: 3.6% of 84Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 22Extreme labels, 2026-05: 12.0% of 75Extreme labels, 2026-06: 4.8% of 63Extreme labels, 2026-07: 3.9% of 52Extreme labels, 2026-08: 9.5% of 42Extreme labels, 2026-09: 10.8% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-10: 4.0% of 50Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
Show the data
Monthly rates for Taylor, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’256021.7%26.7%33.3%0.0%10.0%0.0%
Feb ’253724.3%8.1%37.8%0.0%29.7%8.1%
Mar ’253312.1%6.1%42.4%0.0%21.2%9.1%
Apr ’25329.4%9.4%56.3%3.1%25.0%0.0%
May ’253810.5%7.9%55.3%2.6%44.7%2.6%
Jun ’25508.0%0.0%48.0%6.0%46.0%16.0%
Jul ’25323.1%9.4%75.0%6.3%43.8%0.0%
Aug ’25434.7%7.0%53.5%4.7%41.9%4.7%
Sep ’25722.8%15.3%44.4%2.8%30.6%2.8%
Oct ’25908.9%11.1%50.0%1.1%33.3%0.0%
Nov ’254219.1%9.5%42.9%0.0%33.3%9.5%
Dec ’25387.9%10.5%63.2%5.3%50.0%2.6%
Jan ’26559.1%3.6%67.3%0.0%23.6%0.0%
Feb ’26616.6%11.5%49.2%6.6%37.7%4.9%
Mar ’26847.1%8.3%42.9%5.9%46.4%3.6%
Apr ’26224.5%4.5%36.4%13.6%50.0%0.0%
May ’26755.3%0.0%17.3%0.0%36.0%12.0%
Jun ’26634.8%4.8%36.5%0.0%41.3%4.8%
Jul ’26521.9%0.0%53.8%0.0%19.2%3.9%
Aug ’26422.4%2.4%52.4%0.0%7.1%9.5%
Sep ’26372.7%5.4%40.5%0.0%8.1%10.8%
Oct ’265014.0%0.0%46.0%0.0%4.0%4.0%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the TN 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.

In Taylor’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 10, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Immigration; Crime and Law Enforcement · Source

Personal attacks

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 16, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 11, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “radical” aimed at Justin Pearson · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacksSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: Justin PearsonSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Commerce · Science, Technology, Communications · target: Justin PearsonSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: J PearsonSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: J PearsonSource

All 1,108 statements

Newest first, the TN 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,108 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Crime and Law Enforcement is what Taylor talks about most: 64% of policy statements, 5.5 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.56 on a 0–1 scale (State Senate Republicans average 0.52; 103rd of 226).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Taylor talks about. The bills Taylor sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Taylor talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the TN 2025–26 session

0%71%
Taylor
Peers
Crime and Law Enforcement330 statements
64%
12%
Government Operations and Politics67 statements
13%
17%
Immigration54 statements
11%
4%
Economics and Public Finance31 statements
6%
12%
Education23 statements
4%
14%
Show the data
Policy areas Taylor talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State Senate Republicans average.
RowTaylorPeers
Crime and Law Enforcement64%12%
Government Operations and Politics13%17%
Immigration11%4%
Economics and Public Finance6%12%
Education4%14%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Taylor’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State Senate Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 71%. Grey ticks are the State Senate Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onCrime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 64% (State Senate Republicans 12%)64%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 28% (State Senate Republicans 10%)28%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 13% (State Senate Republicans 17%)13%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 11% (State Senate Republicans 12%)11%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 11% (State Senate Republicans 4%)11%Immigration, legislates on: 2% (State Senate Republicans 1%)2%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 6% (State Senate Republicans 12%)6%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 3% (State Senate Republicans 3%)3%EducationEducation, talks about: 4% (State Senate Republicans 14%)4%Education, legislates on: 5% (State Senate Republicans 10%)5%
Show the data
Taylor's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState Senate Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState Senate Republicans, legislates on
Crime and Law Enforcement64%12%28%10%
Government Operations and Politics13%17%11%12%
Immigration11%4%2%1%
Economics and Public Finance6%12%3%3%
Education4%14%5%10%
0.56

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State Senate Republicans average 0.52. Ranks 103rd of 226.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Taylor legislates on exactly the areas Taylor talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Taylor sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Taylor sits at +0.46 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 65% of State Senate Republicans. Approximate range +0.42 to +0.50, which understates the uncertainty; from 512 donors and 594 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.46

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.42 to +0.50. From 512 donors and 594 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Taylor +0.5State Senate Republicans +0.4Tennessee Senate +0.3All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Taylor, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Taylor’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Taylor sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State Senate Republicansmedian +0.4Taylor +0.5Tennessee Senatemedian +0.3All State Senatemedian +0.1
Show the data
Taylor's CSIP score of +0.46 placed against State Senate Republicans, Tennessee Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Taylor
State Senate Republicans1083+0.465%
Tennessee Senate33+0.373%
All State Senate1909+0.180%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Taylor in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Taylor.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Taylor reported $442.7K in the 2026 cycle, 9.6 times the State Senate Republicans’ median of $46.2K. State filings report no small-donation total. 98% of itemized individual money came from Tennessee.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$442.7K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 221 itemized donors. State Senate Republicans’ median $46.2K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)Individuals (itemized): $220.6K (49.8%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)PACs and other committees: $221.9K (50.1%)
  • Individuals (itemized)50 squares$220.6K
  • PACs and other committees50 squares$221.9K
  • Party committees$250
Show the data
Sources of Taylor's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$220.6K49.8%
PACs and other committees$221.9K50.1%
Party committees$2500.1%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State Senate Republicans’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $343.9K$343.9K20222024 cycle: $119.3K$119.3K20242026 cycle: $442.7K$442.7K2026State Senate Republicans median $46.2K
Show the data
Taylor's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Republicans median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$343.9K
2024 cycle$119.3K
2026 cycle$442.7K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 98% came from Tennessee.

  1. Tennessee$215.2K
  2. Texas$1,500
  3. Mississippi$1,100
  4. Arkansas$1,000
  5. District of Columbia$500

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: $1,000ARTennessee: $215.2KTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $500DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: $1,100MSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $1,500TXFlorida: $500FL
Show the data
Taylor's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Tennessee$215.2K
Texas$1,500
Mississippi$1,100
Arkansas$1,000
District of Columbia$500
Florida$500
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
221

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

98%

from Tennessee

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Tennessee. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. PRESIDENT$44.2K 27 donors
  2. RETIRED$22.0K 25 donors
  3. HOMEMAKER$21.3K 15 donors
  4. CEO$21.1K 11 donors
  5. ATTORNEY$13.8K 16 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. HCA TRISTAR FUND$10.0K
  2. MARSHA PAC$10.0K
  3. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TN PAC$8,500
  4. JACK - PAC$6,347
  5. TENNESSEE BANKERS ASSN PAC$6,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CITY OF MEMPHIS$2,050 3 donors
  2. STATE OF TN$2,000 3 donors
  3. SCSO$850 4 donors
  4. ST JUDE$750 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Taylor voted with the majority of Tennessee Senate Republicans on 99.6% of party-line votes and missed none of 4,555 roll calls. Tennessee Senate on average: 95.3% party unity, 99.6% attendance. Across all roll calls, Taylor voted against the majority of Tennessee Senate Republicans 15 times.

4,555 roll calls Taylor could vote on in the TN 2025–26 session, compared with Tennessee Senate. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Taylor voted with the majority of Tennessee Senate Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

15

votes against the majority of Tennessee Senate Republicans

Party unity 99.6%, Tennessee Senate average 95.3%, ranks 3rd of 33. 4,555 roll calls in the TN 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Taylor, the thin grey bar the Tennessee Senate average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Taylor
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
99.6%
4th of 33
Party unity
99.6%
95.3%
3rd of 33
Show the data
Taylor's attendance and party unity against Tennessee Senate.
RowTaylorPeers
Attendance100%99.6%
Party unity99.6%95.3%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the TN 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Apr 23, 2026
HJR 1530
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jordyn Brown, Salutatorian, Gordonsville High School -
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 6–0 · R 27–0Democrats 6 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 27 yea, 0 naybecame law
Apr 23, 2026
SJR 1267
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liya Rakeshbhai Patel, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School -
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–0 · R 27–0Democrats 5 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 27 yea, 0 naybecame law
Apr 23, 2026
HB 2585
Damages - As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action arising from obstetric or maternity negligence resulting in the death or permanent injury of a pregnant or postpartum woman. - Amends TCA Section 29-
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2026 Failed
NayWith majorityfailD 6–0 · R 6–19Democrats 6 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 6 yea, 19 nayparty crossover
Apr 23, 2026
HJR 1578
Memorials, Interns - Indian Clay -
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–0 · R 27–0Democrats 5 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 27 yea, 0 naybecame law
Apr 23, 2026
SJR 1268
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nicolo Azzani, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School -
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–0 · R 27–0Democrats 5 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 27 yea, 0 naybecame law
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Taylor most often

  1. Jack JohnsonR4,514 shared votes100%
  2. Ed JacksonR4,524 shared votes100%
  3. Dawn WhiteR4,504 shared votes100%
  4. Randy McNallyR4,441 shared votes100%
  5. Paul RoseR4,433 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Taylor least often

  1. Heidi CampbellD4,271 shared votes92%
  2. Jeff YarbroD3,988 shared votes93%
  3. Charlane OliverD4,123 shared votes93%
  4. Sara KyleD4,104 shared votes93%
  5. London LamarD3,766 shared votes93%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

TN 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Taylor sponsored 129 bills in the TN 2025–26 session; 34 became law. Cosponsored 0 others. 63% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Tennessee Senate average 70%; 24th of 33).

The bills Taylor sponsored and cosponsored in the TN 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the TN 2025–26 session

Sponsored129 billsSponsored, Introduced: 129129Sponsored, In committee: 124124Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 3939Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 3434Sponsored, Became law: 3434Cosponsored0 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 00Cosponsored, In committee: 00Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
Show the data
Bills Taylor sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored129124393434
Cosponsored00000
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Taylor sponsored, ochre blocks bills Taylor cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

63%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Tennessee Senate average 70%. Ranks 24th of 33.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Taylor, by number of shared bills in the TN 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

No cosponsorship ties in this window.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Taylor’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
SB 2729Shelby County - Subject to local approval, changes the conditions under which the occupancy tax will no longer be levied; changes the allocation of the revenue from the occupancy tax if the tenant of the indoor sports facility no longer occupies such facility. - Amends Chapter 131 of the Private ActSponsorApr 7, 2026In committeeTaxation(model)Comp. became Pr. Ch. 70 May 27, 2026
SB 2255Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to biannually publish two comprehensive statewide data reports on the use of psychotropic medications and the psychotropic medications' associated costs with certain list categories and data points that must be included in each reportSponsorFeb 2, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Pub. Ch. 659 Apr 6, 2026
SB 2265Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the offense of organized retail crime. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 39.SponsorFeb 2, 2026Became lawCrime and Law Enforcement(model)Pub. Ch. 1124 May 27, 2026
SB 2405Law Enforcement - As enacted, establishes a Tennessee safe initiative task force, which is administratively attached to the Tennessee bureau of investigation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38 and Title 39.SponsorFeb 2, 2026In committeeCrime and Law Enforcement(model)Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1010 May 26, 2026
SB 2653Business and Commerce - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.SponsorFeb 2, 2026In committeeCommerce(model)Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee Apr 7, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Taylor’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Taylor’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Taylor posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Taylor posted

No images from Taylor’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

No transcribed state floor speeches are matched to this legislator yet.

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Taylor is most unusual among State Senate Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
d3f48e28-4ee5-4027-9670-0d617ca6048e
Open States
ocd-person/d3f48e28-4ee5-4027-9670-0d617ca6048e

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

Back to top